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People Moves – September 2026

Here is a digest of significant wealth and asset management appointments, promotions and departures during the previous month.

AllianceBernstein appoints Onur Erzan as CEO as Bernstein retires

Erzan will adopt the role from 1 April 2027.

Bank of Singapore strengthens Asean team with Julius Baer hire

Aline Pacheco is joining Bank of Singapore as market group head for Asean.

Lombard Odier bolsters Asia private clients team

Sonya Song joins the team in Hong Kong and Jingjing He is in Zurich.

HSBC Private Bank appoints regional head of family and philanthropy advisory for Apac

Francesca Chan joins from UBS.

Chan San San named as chief partnership officer at Eastspring

Andreas Rosenthal will act as interim CEO of Prudential Singapore.

Cecil Yeo to join Bank of Singapore as market group head for Asean

Cecil Yeo has been hired from UBS.

Barclays appoints Asia Private Bank head

Wee Yee-Yong joins Barclays from Morgan Stanley.

Julius Baer names new COO for Asia

Pamela Tseng replaces Andreas Zingg, who is retiring.

BNP Paribas AM hires ETF specialists in Asia

Kate Chung and Benny Cheung have been appointed to newly created roles.

Bank of Singapore bolsters its South Asia team

Bank of Singapore has made a hire from DBS Private Bank as it seeks to grow its South Asia business.

GMO hires former PineBridge exec as head of institutional Asia ex Japan

GMO has appointed Glenn Tan to head its institutional client engagement in Asia ex Japan.

Janus Henderson bolsters global equities team

Janus Henederson Investors has hired Helen Jewell and Shilpee Raina.

Paragon Capital Management hires Trevor Lau as chief commercial officer

Singapore-based asset management firm Paragon Capital has hired former UBS and Credit Suisse MD as chief commercial officer.

Invesco’s Ian Hargreaves announces retirement

The emerging market veteran has been with the firm for 32 years.

Schroders WM makes three senior hires in Asia

Andrea Li, Victor Chow and Jyane Quek have been appointed to senior roles.

Fidelity hires Steven Cheung as ETF director

Steven Cheung joins from BlackRock where he was head of iShares wealth for Greater China and Southeast Asia.

Fidelity fund manager Sam Morse to retire

His investment career spans more than four decades.

M&G hires global head of impact for private markets

Jen Braswell joins M&G from EQT.

HSBC Private Bank appoints global head of family offices

The bank has also hired Cayman Wills as head of the US private bank.

IG names Saad Ahmed as managing director for Apac

Based in Singapore, Ahmed will lead IG’s consumer business across Asia Pacific.

Amundi strengthens its investment platform in Asia

The five internal appointees have been re-located to Hong Kong and Singapore.

State Street names Tim Helyar as head of Asia Pacific

Helyar succeeds Lochiel Crafter, who recently retired, and reports to Stefan Gmuer, head of International.

Raffles FO appoints former Rwandan minister to Africa-Asia role

Rwanda’s ex-Minister of State for Infrastructure, Jean de Dieu Uwihanganye, will be based on Hong Kong.

Federated Hermes hires Dean Lee to strengthen Singapore PE team

Lee previously worked in investment banking at Morgan Stanley and Standard Chartered, where he advised private equity firms and Korean conglomerates.

Eastspring boosts distribution business

Steven Chua be head of retail intermediaries, Singapore, and Suleen Law has been hired as head of private banks and family offices.

M&G hires head of risk in Apac

Yasotha Balakrishnan joins M&G Investments from Analog Capital as head of risk for Apac.

Manulife IM hires former Lion Global PM to head Singapore equities

Kenneth Ong has been hired as Manulife IM’s head of equities, Singapore, replacing former head Chan Hock Fai who is retiring at year end.

Partners Group reshuffles leadership with new co-CEOs

Current CEO David Layton will transition to chief investment officer to focus solely on investments.

Bank of Singapore strengthens Dubai franchise

Mahesh Ramakrishnan and Shikhy Chandhok join Bank of Singapore in Dubai this month.

Invesco’s Andrew Lo to retire

Lo will be replaced by Marty Franc as head of Asia Pacific.

Nomura IWM taps Aberdeen for CIO

Based in Singapore, Ray Sharma-Ong will also head DPM.

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